#997DBB#997DBB

#997DBB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.096 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DBB
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 187)
HSL	hsl(267, 31%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(267, 33%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 33.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, 23.20, -28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 36.79, 309.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% 0.0542 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.096 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4383, 25.0275, 50.2840)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DBB #9FBB7D

analogous

#7D80BB #997DBB #B87DBB

triadic

#997DBB #BB997D #7DBB99

tetradic

#997DBB #BB7D80 #9FBB7D #7DBBB8

square

#997DBB #BB7D80 #9FBB7D #7DBBB8

split-complementary

#997DBB #BBB87D #80BB7D

monochromatic

#5C417C #7A56A5 #997DBB #B9A5D0 #D8CDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#997DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#997DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DBB

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DBB	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7088BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7689B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.096 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a3cf',
    500: '#997dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997dbb;
$custom-light: #b8a3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.097,
    "s": 31.313,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63933,
    "c": 0.0956,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DBB

secondary

#CBD6BE

accent

#AA3B78

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F3F9

border

#D0CDD2

text

#110F14

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DBB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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